Super Switch Headz brings you the latest Nintendo news, rumors, speculation, and hype! In every episode your hosts David Howe, Patrick Knisely, Matthew Stoner, and special guests discuss and explore the world of Nintendo. We are the official podcast of the Switch Headz (DISCORD and Facebook) groups.
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Time for our big talk on Big Walk! This week Cina Saffary joins David to discuss their 100% play through of Big Walk on the podcast. They talk broadly about it's appeal in a non-spoiler section, and then go deep into the game's best puzzles, moments, and themes in a full spoiler section for anyone wanting to relive some memories of their own walks. Is Big Walk game of the year? I mean probably but…
It's Beatles week on the podcast! Industry legend Maclaine Diemer joins to discuss his career as a composer and sound designer for video games and his involvement with one of the greatest games ever made: The Beatles: Rock Band. Now that we're almost 20 years removed from the release of this game we look back on its legacy, how it came to be, and if or when we'll see anything like it or Rock Band…
We're getting into the nitty gritty on Nintendo's UI & UX design sensibilities this week with special guest TriNintendo! How has UI in video games evolved over the years, from utility to flashiness and beyond? Did Nintendo lose some of its old charm or innovation in the Switch era? We cover it all from a designer's perspective. We also cover all the Nintendo and gaming news such as unreleased…
WOOMY!! This week we're discussing the new single player focused spinoff game Splatoon Raiders with a STACKED CAST featuring Patrick Knisely (pdyx), Tyson Pease (tytypos), and Alex Von Kurkendall (AVK). Sitting comfortably with the one of the highest user scores of all time on metacritic, we break down why the game is resonating so strongly with players, how the game has remained so fresh, and…
This week renowned Kaizo Mario streamer GlitchCat7 joins the podcast to talk all about the history of Kaizo and the Super Mario World romhacking scene at large. We talk at length about the origins of the subgenre, the importance of Super Mario Maker, some of the best romhacks to play, and games that have been inspired by the Kaizo community. Buckle in because this is a fantastic deep-dive into the…
The news has officially come out that Nintendo is CEASING production on the original Switch console in Europe... but with massive sales reported for Rhythm Heaven Groove that begs the question of whether or not we've seen the end of Switch 1 games being produced. Nintendo clearly wants to push Switch 2 games, but with a userbase of 150 million+, Jordan and David discuss the potential future of…
Gaming is on its last legs!! Between massive layoffs at Microsoft's XBOX studios and Sony stopping physical production of Playstation games starting in 2028, the gaming industry is feeling very dire right now… but fortunately a ray of light has presented itself with the release of Nintendo's quirky and content-filled Switch budget title: Rhythm Heaven Groove. Andrew Valentine (AV) from the…
The Star Fox team is finally BACK after 10 long years and GVG's own Daniel Alba joins this week to give our impressions on the N64 remake. To be quite frank, we're blown away at the amount of heart, polish, technical prowess, and sheer content that is in this new version of the classic Star Fox 64 that we just had to talk about it, along with our thoughts on the surprisingly fun online multiplayer…
Nintendo Switch Online has proven itself to be quite a robust collection of classic Nintendo retro games, but there are still a number of first-party Nintendo published games we have yet to see on the service. Vince Goodwin from the Some of My Friends Read Comics podcast joins to go through all of them, including which are most likely to come to Nintendo Classics and the ones we'd be most excited…
This was an insane week for gaming and we're coming at you with a JAM-PACKED episode featuring our reactions to the recent Nintendo Direct along with other Summer Game Fest presentations like the Sony State of Play and Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase. Was this Direct really as bad as a lot of people are saying online or are people over-reacting? Did the recent leaks hurt our impressions of this…
